Peter Thiel: Zero to One
Socrates in the City
Socrates in the City
4.7 • 537 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2020
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Eric Metaxas interviews entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel on his bestselling book ZERO TO ONE. Using Apollo 11 and Woodstock as reference points, Thiel and Metaxas explore the idea that we live in an age of technological stagnation, and cover a range of topics — globalization, Greta Thunberg, academia, the worst of the cardinal sins, communion, and more. The interview took place in New York City, in January 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Socrates in the city. |
| 0:10.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:12.0 | First of all, it's always touching and wonderful to see so many old friends and new friends in the room. Also a handful of pseudo friends, you know who you are. |
| 0:25.5 | And it's very important to be honest about that. I hate you. I hate you. You don't fool anybody. |
| 0:33.3 | And sadly, a few former friends as well. But, you know, once I get the money back, we'll talk. |
| 0:39.9 | But we couldn't have done this for the last 20 years, if not for the generosity, |
| 0:44.5 | of a number of you in the room. |
| 0:46.6 | I want to particularly thank David and Laura Thayer. |
| 0:50.3 | I saw David is here. |
| 0:52.1 | There are a number of you who've been generous in helping us do this. |
| 0:56.8 | Tonight, the big question that we're daring to ask is how much money does Peter Thiel really have? |
| 1:06.0 | No, I mean, I mean really. I mean really. Of course, I'm joking. But the reason we do have Peter here tonight, |
| 1:15.3 | I want to know, is my question. What is Elon Musk really like? That's, that's, I hope you don't feel |
| 1:21.1 | used, but that's just the way it is. We've got a number of special guests here tonight. I won't point you out, unless you're in Coulter, who's sitting right over there. She's here with her boyfriend, Jimmy J.J. Walker from Good Times. Kid Dino mite is, is in the house. And I'm sorry. |
| 1:44.8 | Am I embarrassing you? |
| 1:46.6 | And have you put on weight? |
| 1:48.2 | What the hell happened? |
| 1:49.9 | Unbelievable. |
| 1:51.7 | Wow. |
| 1:53.4 | I think you've got a boyfriend. |
| 1:54.5 | You could eat. |
| 1:55.1 | I mean, come on. |
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